I think that's important to remember. People read our stories of their own accord, no matter what. Although some may do it for reads in return, even then most times people aren't forced to read our stories, and it becomes increasingly harder to read stories we aren't genuinely interested in. Replying to responses can be time and energy consuming. There are ways to minimise it, by just clapping, as its quicker if you don't have time to respond. Also maybe everyone needs to change their expectations and realise everyone won't always respond and understand its nothing personal. We aren't robots and have lives to live outside of Medium too.